“The thing about us, other teams in the league know that we’re open for business. We’re not afraid to make a trade. If they are interested in trading somebody, we are usually a team that gets called because people think and know we’re open on those discussions,” Belichick said Monday. “If we’re not interested we will tell them we’re not interested. Again, there’s no book on that. Every situation is different. Every trade is different. Every exchange is different, so you just have to take them as they come and if the two sides can agree, great. Sometimes one side wants something and the other side is just not ready to get to the same point.”

Belichick gave no indication that any players are on the trading block to leave New England nor that any players will be joining the team. But of course, he clearly didn’t’ rule it out.